I bought some stuff for my bike. Wanna see what it looks like?
OK, first things first—an apology. This site actually gets a half-decent amount of traffic, considering, and I’ve totally ignored it for like four months. So if you were checking back to see what was up… you were likely disappointed.
Truth be told, I kinda forgot I had this website.
What can I say? It was a busy and stressful end to 2024. BUT—as promised in this post, which I wrote in September, I wanted to unveil how my Haro Klunkerson looks with about $100 worth of stuff from Flite BMX.
(Given how bad the Canuck Buck is against the Greenback right now, I’m sure glad I bought it in September!)
So let’s check out what my bike used to look like—that is, a bone-stock Haro Klunkerson:
I mean, it’s phat. That’s why I bought it. But what really attracted me to this style of bike was the retro-BMX feel. I needed to up the ante with some slap-ons.
So I bought a pad set; grips; donuts; valve caps; chain-tensioner; and some Sticky Fingers for the brake levers. All very matchy-matchy, as that’s the look I’m going for.
The Result
OK. I don’t know about you—but I love it. A mild improvement, but so much more steez. Reminds me of a real ’80s BMX.
And I’ll fully admit I was inspired hugely by reader, Nik, and his sick Klunkerson. In fact, I worry I may have straight-up ripped him off. But we live thousands of kilometres away from each other and in different countries, so if you’re mad Nik, I’m sorry. But it is what it is. I mean it as a compliment!
The devil’s in the details:
Now—there are a couple of things I wish I’d added to the mix. For starters, I want to go all-in on the blue-on-blue-on-black motif. But it’s a little front-heavy. So I need colbalt blue pedals and a blue front sprocket. That’ll even it out nicely. (Maybe something in the 36T range—a little lower than stock.)
I’ve been thinking of something crazy like a front-rack… but I’m not sure, as that kind of takes from the BMX style and moves into the Cruiser style.
For now, it’s good enough. Because the Haro Klunkerson is such a well-spec’d, well thought-out Klunker, you really don’t need to do anything at all.
I mounted it high on the wall in my garage, so even during winter the it doesn’t get ridden much—it still makes me happy to come home to. I actually think this is the best perspective of all.
It’s my favourite piece of art in the whole house.
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I grew up on haro bmx bikes. Still have my first 24 haro from 1996. A few years back I was given a 1982 Norco Custom Cruiser. That started a love for klunkers. When I seen the klunkerson my first thought was dang a haro and klunker all in one. After reading the last 2 blogs you posted. I’m convinced I need one now. And seeing Nik’s dang i have to have one. I’m glad I found this site . Thank you. Question though. Have you added any taller bars on it?
Glad I could help! It’s a great bike, every time I ride it… it just puts a smile on my face. I haven’t upgraded the handlebars yet. I’m still torn about that move. I did just buy some Haro Fusion pedals yesterday though… for the cobalt blue theme…
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Almost every day I stair at this bike. What a tease 😜 it is. I mean that in a good way. It comes very close to having it all but kind of missed the target for the type of rider a Klunker appeals to. I hope some nerd at Haro gets paid to read reviews and reports the feed back at one of those corporate Duncan Donut 🍩 power meetings. Full size riders are the target. It’s a fact. Look at the images of where or the height of where the seat post is raised of the average Klunker bike. Pretty much the sky is the limit. I read the first review on the Klunkerson on this site more than once and it kind of makes me sad that Klunker D. Is a tad to tall for this cool ride and can not ride this bike all day when really it’s a fun bike, kind of a do all one would want to ride all day. Heck I want one but its seat tube is too short but the top tube is long or short enough to fit almost anyone and that’s a good thing. Here’s why. This is just my opinion. Many bike manufacturers do make certain models in two sizes. This model is begging for just that. A very small cost effective change that would dial the Klunkerson in and improve the handling for sliding the corners. So here’s my take. A longer seat tube / to 18.5 or .8 not too long because you got to stay in the market but appeal to many size riders. Now if your still following me drop the crank an inch or a touch more. Leave the top tube alone. Now by dropping the crank the lower center of gravity would make this bad boy a killer on the corners. After all you still should have enough ground clearance with those 27.5 wheels. For decades the 26ers worked. The reason I say leave the top tube alone is to save cost on a design change and if you look the State bike Klunker it has a shorter top frame tube and fits a wide variety of riders. The only other change would be maybe a degree or two of slack in the head tube but then you have to make the forks a touch longer witch would cause them to flex more so maybe not what do you think? What puts me on the alert about the Klunkerson is that I keep seeing the pice dropping. The question I have is ,is Haro wanting to unload these bikes and scrap the hole project? Hope not. This model is 99.5 percent on target. Disc brakes chromo fork& frame heck ya! Oh I forgot. Some one on the site mentioned the seat post dia. is not a common size switch that too. What’s your opinion about this ride anyone?
There is one other benefit to dropping the bottom bracket and stretching the seat post tube is it not only lowers the center of gravity it helps fit the taller rider but dose not change the stand over height for the shorter rider equals a better one size fits all. I feel my State klunkers could also drop the bottom bracket a half an inch also. After all these bikes are running 27.5 wheels they have plenty of ground clearance over the older 26” wheels of the klunkers of yester year. The companies are trying to make klunkers into mountain bikes . There’s plenty of those on the market. I wish when some company makes a Klunker they would stick to the or come a bit closer to the frame having the true Klunker geometry now that 27.5 wheels are the norm and for the better. What inspired the above writings was spending about three hours on the Wethepeople Avenger 27.5 this last Saturday. This bike sports close to a 19” seat post tube but sits quite stealthy but still has ample ground clearance for off road use. They nailed it for the tall and short rider plus it corners well with the bb. sitting a bit lower than the axles. I think both State bike and Haro or anyone else that has any idea building Klunker would be better off going that route. The Klunker bike is the duel sport on and off road of bicycle world. The do all the fit all and have a great time riding them. If only Red Bull 🐂 could only once a year host the real repack above Fairfax California covered by drones and covered by Fox sports the Klunker probably explode 🤯 on the market. What Killed Repack was the hikers complaining about how fast these klunkers were rollin and outcome was speed limits in case you newcomers are wondering why it’s no longer a Marin tradition. Muir Woods and Klunking is what put Marin on the map these ladder years. Part of Marin History as well as the famous Klunker rat pack. The bike industry is stale it’s time to bring it back with some quality rides. A once a year event shouldn’t kill anybody. I’m sure Hotels Restaurants and Bars in Fairfax Ca. would be love in it. This is just my opinion.